A drug raid on a Mason Street apartment turned up a blank roll of Michigan Lotto paper used to print tickets.

The people in the apartment told police they had no idea how the roll ended up in a cabinet (big surprise).

Aside from the mystery Lotto paper and an assortment of illegal narcotics, the raid also turned up two counterfeit $10 bills that prove swindlers can get swindled, too.

"He probably got taken by one of his customers," said a police officer.

Random weirdness

A sampling of bizarre items in Flint police reports this week;

• A woman who complained that she was attacked by someone wielding a large "Jesus" necklace.

• A 16-year-old boy who ran away because his mom flushed his weed down the toilet.

• A man who welcomed a ladyfriend into his home as a roommate only to have her steal his cat when she left.

Friend in need

You know you have a friend when he's willing to risk going to jail for you.
A Flint man went to the cops after getting a phone call from another man inquiring about his willingness to pay for car repairs.

"If you don't come up with $1,000 to fix my buddy's car, I'm going to kill you," the man said the caller threatened.

I hope the caller's friend is equally willing to throw the man's bail when he gets locked up on a threats charge.

When animals attack

A Grand Blanc boy recently learned a painful lesson in animal psychology. The boy was playing with a kitten when the mama cat went nuts and lit into him, puncturing his ear, face and arm.

Although the emergency call went out as a serious animal attack, officials said the boy wasn't seriously hurt.

As for mama and her kitten, both were given a 10-day timeout at animal control.

The eagle has landed

A retired Flint police captain did something this week that he never had done before -- knocked in a hole-in-one.

John Steele and his cop buddies have taken golf trips to Myrtle Beach, S.C., for years but the ultimate shot had eluded him until Wednesday, when he sunk his shot on a 148-yard par 3 hole at Arrowhead Country Club.

While golfers have been known to tell tales, Steele had some pretty good witnesses in the form of former city homicide detectives Tom Korabik, Dennis Smalley and Rick Warren.

Bryn Mickle is the afternoon police reporter. He can be reached at (810) 766.6383 or by e-mail.